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president herbert hoover, senator william mechanic due and the governor of california. bay bridge was the largest and most expensive brej of its time and now the new eastern span of the bridge is set to open at the end of 2013. >>> in sports tonight, monday night football goes into overtime. the steelers quarterback ben roth lis berger leaves the game and stadium with an injury. and the 49ers face the immediate future with the possibility that quarterback alex smith may be out after sufrg a concussion in yesterday's game. gary's next with that story and all the sports [ female announcer ] welcome, one and all, to a tastier festive feast. so much to sip and savor. a feeding frenzy, to say the least. a turkey from safeway will have everyone raving. there's fresh, natural, frozen, whatever your craving. spend $25, and get a frozen safeway turkey for 59 cents a pound. or spend $25, and a frozen butterball turkey, just 99 cents a pound. so raise your glass, pull up a chair, grab a plate. this tastier thanksgiving is well worth the wait. safeway. ingredients for life. . >>> a
president herbert hoover, senator william mechanic due and the governor of california. bay bridge was the largest and most expensive brej of its time and now the new eastern span of the bridge is set to open at the end of 2013. >>> in sports tonight, monday night football goes into overtime. the steelers quarterback ben roth lis berger leaves the game and stadium with an injury. and the 49ers face the immediate future with the possibility that quarterback alex smith may be out after...
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the california highway patrol says this is not an isolated incident. now that prom season is here and the summer is coming, they're expecting the problem to get worse. >> last weekend, we had a really bad dui collision with an under aged driver. she was trapped in a vehicle while it was on fire. >> reporter: in the first three months of this year, 13 people under the age of 21 were arrested for drinking and driving in marin county. the youngest was 15 years old. on top of the drinking, teenagers are disregarding and ignoring the rules of their provisional license, which prohibits them from driving with anyone in the car under the age of 20, a law which was meant to prevent accidents like this, which took place earlier this month in novato when a 16 year-old flipped his truck with four other teenagers inside. of one of the passengers sustained major head injuries. >> prom is another one of those times we become very busy. we see numerous open container violations, lots of under aged drinking violations. so we're going to be out in force and looking for
the california highway patrol says this is not an isolated incident. now that prom season is here and the summer is coming, they're expecting the problem to get worse. >> last weekend, we had a really bad dui collision with an under aged driver. she was trapped in a vehicle while it was on fire. >> reporter: in the first three months of this year, 13 people under the age of 21 were arrested for drinking and driving in marin county. the youngest was 15 years old. on top of the...
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. >>> two days since news broke that a dairy cow in california tested positive for mad cow. officials have said the beef and milk supplies are safe. jr stone talks with others who say while the food is safe, we may not be in the clear yet. >> assurances that we're getting from the usda sound similar to the assurances that the uk governments were giving people 20 years ago. >> reporter: kirk giles is a jurio scientist at ucsf. he's talking about mad cow, and the dangers it poses. he's part of a laboratory founded by stanley plusner, who was recognized -- plusner who was recognized with the nobel prize. >> we're not stlur of the cases out -- sure of the cases out there. >> reporter: last year, the u.s. tested 40,000 cows. that is only one out of every thousand cows are tested. this latest case has been called, a typical. it's not believed to have been spread true feed. but that may -- through feed. >> if you have spontaneous cases in cows, it's possible because we get spontaneous cases in people, then no amount of random solving is going to be able to cover the ground. the onl
. >>> two days since news broke that a dairy cow in california tested positive for mad cow. officials have said the beef and milk supplies are safe. jr stone talks with others who say while the food is safe, we may not be in the clear yet. >> assurances that we're getting from the usda sound similar to the assurances that the uk governments were giving people 20 years ago. >> reporter: kirk giles is a jurio scientist at ucsf. he's talking about mad cow, and the dangers it...
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. >> new at 11 a judge has denied a request from central valley farmers to temporarily block california's ambitious high- speed rail project. today a judge in sacramento denied a request to halt the $68 billion project. groups representing the farmers say the high speed rail authority should halt all the work because the state of violated environmental laws. but the judge ruled that the authority acted reasonably and in good faith. meanwhile, san francisco's sheriff is telling the mayor at least he won't give up oversight of his department's domestic violence prevention program despite being on probation in such a case. ross mirkarimi told mayor ed lee in a three page letter that his under-sheriff will handle any disciplinary actions involving his subordinates. the mayor and 38 don't want ross mirkarimi to handle his office is domestic violence related duties. ross mirkarimi is on probation after pleading " guilty " in march to misdemeanor false imprisonment for a new year's eve argument in which he bruised his wife's arm. >> the stormtracker has been heavy. with a san rafael getting busy
. >> new at 11 a judge has denied a request from central valley farmers to temporarily block california's ambitious high- speed rail project. today a judge in sacramento denied a request to halt the $68 billion project. groups representing the farmers say the high speed rail authority should halt all the work because the state of violated environmental laws. but the judge ruled that the authority acted reasonably and in good faith. meanwhile, san francisco's sheriff is telling the mayor...
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meng ricky wong has taught at california academy for 12 years. he was taken into custody on a $1,000 warrant last month after two of his student, aged 9 and 11 said he fondled them. >> reporter: 16 year-old colin chu has only been a student at kung fu academy in san plateo just over -- mateo just over a month. meng ricky wong was his instructor twice. he says he was a assistant professional and never saekted inappropriately -- acted inappropriately. chu and his mother just found out about the child molestation allegations against the 36 year-old redwood city resident. >> it was a little shocking. i didn't know much , but yeah, it's a little shocking. he was real nice, and he always worked hard. >> if there are other kids that it did upon ha, they would come forward. -- because this community is very open. i think he should be found guilty before anything else. everyone always wants to accuse other people. >> reporter: the staff here did not want to comment. they gave me a phone number to their corporate office in san francisco. i left a message a
meng ricky wong has taught at california academy for 12 years. he was taken into custody on a $1,000 warrant last month after two of his student, aged 9 and 11 said he fondled them. >> reporter: 16 year-old colin chu has only been a student at kung fu academy in san plateo just over -- mateo just over a month. meng ricky wong was his instructor twice. he says he was a assistant professional and never saekted inappropriately -- acted inappropriately. chu and his mother just found out about...
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kron 4, alecia reed, kron 4better economic news for california today -- unemployment has dropped below the ten -percent. in a new jobs report -- the november jobs rate was nine- point- eight percent. down slightly from october. the improvement comes as something as a surprise to many. since leading economists had predicted california's unemployment would remain in the double digits through next year. jason is next with highlights and a sports coming up with the warriors. >> the best way to bring in the new year is always with kron 4 [ female announcer ] here's to a whole world of happier holidays. time to enchant, delight and amaze. safeway will help you gather everyone round. a smoked, shank half ham is only 99 cents a pound. get breyer's ice cream for $2.88 and dessert will surely shine. make it a grand finale with starbucks just $6.99. turns out this season less is really so much more. so make your holiday merrier than ever before. safeway. ingredients for life. >> welcome back everyone. stephen curry had a career night as the warriors took care of the charlotte bobcats mark jackson
kron 4, alecia reed, kron 4better economic news for california today -- unemployment has dropped below the ten -percent. in a new jobs report -- the november jobs rate was nine- point- eight percent. down slightly from october. the improvement comes as something as a surprise to many. since leading economists had predicted california's unemployment would remain in the double digits through next year. jason is next with highlights and a sports coming up with the warriors. >> the best way...
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bay area residents are dead this evening, a fourth in the hospital after a head-on crash on a central california highway. it happened this morning on highway 152 in madera county. a 48-year-old man from san leandro who was driving a volvo pulling a container trailer swerved to try and avoid an overturned big rig and collided head-on with a honda. >>> serious rain in the forecast as we head into tomorrow, and also through the rest of the week. i'll tell you what you can expect for your morning commute and how much rain we're going to see by week's end. >>> i was unable to find one charitable organization that has benefited from these unmanned donation boxes that are popping up around the bay. despite the fact that some are claiming these bins help local bay area charities. >> the guy came to me and said they had these bins to put on my property. basically if i was interested, and they were offering $0.05 a pound for whatever the garments were. they said that they shared with the salvation army and good will, and they sold some of the stuff to thrift stores. then they took the shoes and stuff and
bay area residents are dead this evening, a fourth in the hospital after a head-on crash on a central california highway. it happened this morning on highway 152 in madera county. a 48-year-old man from san leandro who was driving a volvo pulling a container trailer swerved to try and avoid an overturned big rig and collided head-on with a honda. >>> serious rain in the forecast as we head into tomorrow, and also through the rest of the week. i'll tell you what you can expect for your...
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ituational >>> checking california news at 11:00, police say a speeding driver missed a turn, hit some rocks, and a tree stump, and went airborne, landing on the roof of this fresno apartment building this morning. look at that. even more embarrassing, the driver ran off wearing only boxer shorts. police caught him a short time later. investigators are looking into whether he was drunk or on drugs. >>> this has been an unusually dry winter so far across the state, especially in the sierra, where it's normally a snow-lover's paradise this time of year. jeff bush went to the mountains. >> reporter: sunshine and blue sky, not your typical weather in the sierra. this lake is usually frozen over this time of year. but it is not. there is very little that is frozen up in the sier a. upon it's been warm and dry this year. the evidence is everywhere. snow removal equipment sits idle, and snowmobiles are up for sale. many of the ski resorts are closed up. and the ones that make their own snow are open, but the conditions are not ideal. it's beautiful for sure, but those who make their living of
ituational >>> checking california news at 11:00, police say a speeding driver missed a turn, hit some rocks, and a tree stump, and went airborne, landing on the roof of this fresno apartment building this morning. look at that. even more embarrassing, the driver ran off wearing only boxer shorts. police caught him a short time later. investigators are looking into whether he was drunk or on drugs. >>> this has been an unusually dry winter so far across the state, especially...